West Seattle, Seattle, Washington

West Seattle, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an independent city in 1902 and was annexed by Seattle in 1907. Among its attractions are its saltwater beach parks along Elliott Bay and Puget Sound: Alki Beach and Lincoln Park.

The highest point in Seattle is the aptly named High Point area of West Seattle; at 35th Avenue S.W. and S.W. Myrtle Street it is 520 feet above sea level.

There is a Washington State Ferries dock at Fauntleroy, with service to Vashon Island and Southworth on the Kitsap Peninsula.

See also Alki.

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